A house is not a home unless it contains food and fire for the mind as well as the body.

Quote by Benjamin Franklin

Topics: Mind Quotes

If you know how to spend less than you get, you have the philosopher's stone.

If you know how to spend less than you get, you have the philosopher's stone.

If Pride leads the Van, Beggary brings up the Rear

If Pride leads the Van, Beggary brings up the Rear

I should have no objection to go over the same life from its beginning to...

I should have no objection to go over the same life from its beginning to...

A man wrapped up in himself makes a very small bundle.

A man wrapped up in himself makes a very small bundle.

Ere fancy you consult, consult your purse

Ere fancy you consult, consult your purse

Like a man travelling in foggy weather, those at some distance before him on the...

Like a man travelling in foggy weather, those at some distance before him on the...

I look upon death to be as necessary to our constitution as sleep. We shall...

I look upon death to be as necessary to our constitution as sleep. We shall...

Write injuries in dust, benefits in marble.

Write injuries in dust, benefits in marble.

Pride is as loud a beggar as want, and a great deal more saucy

Pride is as loud a beggar as want, and a great deal more saucy

To be humble to superiors is duty, to equals courtesy, to inferiors nobleness.

To be humble to superiors is duty, to equals courtesy, to inferiors nobleness.

Beauty and folly are old companions.

Beauty and folly are old companions.

Work while it is called today, for you know not how much you will be...

Work while it is called today, for you know not how much you will be...

Beware the hobby that eats.

Beware the hobby that eats.

Three may keep a secret, if two of them are dead.

Three may keep a secret, if two of them are dead.

The doorstep to the temple of wisdom is a knowledge of our own ignorance.

The doorstep to the temple of wisdom is a knowledge of our own ignorance.

Promises may fit the friends, but non-performance will turn them into enemies.

Promises may fit the friends, but non-performance will turn them into enemies.

Buy what thou hast no need of and ere long thou shalt sell thy necessities.

Buy what thou hast no need of and ere long thou shalt sell thy necessities.

Laziness travels so slowly that poverty soon overtakes him.

Laziness travels so slowly that poverty soon overtakes him.

That 'Aww crap!' moment when your mom is almost home and you look around and...

That 'Aww crap!' moment when your mom is almost home and you look around and...

Sometimes I do smart things. Sometimes I do dumb things. Most of the time I...

Sometimes I do smart things. Sometimes I do dumb things. Most of the time I...

It is not easy for men to rise whose qualities are thwarted by poverty.

It is not easy for men to rise whose qualities are thwarted by poverty.

Writers and travelers are mesmerized alike by knowing of their destinations.

Writers and travelers are mesmerized alike by knowing of their destinations.